Title:
Bats : their biology and behavior
Author:
Publication Date:
2022
Publication Information:
Ithaca, New York : Comstock Publishing Associates, an imprint of Cornell University Press, 2022.
©2022
Physical Description:
159 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 23 cm
ISBN:
9781501767777
Abstract:
"In this illuminating introduction to the world of bats, Tony Hutson reveals the secrets of these extraordinary creatures. Beginning with their anatomy, Hutson explores how bats' unique characteristics have enabled them to evolve to fill a wide variety of habitats and niches. He examines their different life cycles, dietary strategies, migration patterns, and unique feats of echolocation. And he also discusses their predators, parasites, the man-made threats to their ecosystem, and how the viruses harbored by bats can have an impact on humans. Bats also features an appendix of bat families that details the number of genera and species and their distribution and diet." -- Provided by publisher.
General Note:
"First published in 2022 by the Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD"--Title page verso.
Contents:
Form and function -- Flight and echolocation -- Food and feeding -- Breeding and old age -- Roosts -- Migration -- Predators -- Classification -- Bats and humans -- Conservation -- Summary table of bat families of the world.
Language:
English
